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Take a step back in time and imagine this. A young woman in high school is as happy as can be. She comes from a loving family who cares for her and is willing to support her. Sometime during her senior year, she has a relationship with a young man. Everything seems to be going well for her, almost like a story you'd hear in a fairy tale. That is, at least, until the results come in.
The pregnancy test proves positive. She realizes that the young man has come from a manipulative family, and some of it has rubbed off on him. The girl realizes she cannot truly be a parent in this way, so she makes the decision to end the relationship the two have had. I can't imagine what their breakup must have been like, but while the young man goes off to pursue another, she has to bear the baby she is about to have out of wedlock.
The girl's parents are there to support her over the next 9 months. So many others are willing to help her in any way they can. The girl's mother and father begin to search for parents who are willing to take her child. At last, they settle upon one couple who are both in their mid to late 30s, and have been helping with foster kids for some time now. The man is a pastor and a former Submariner in the Navy, while the woman is barren in the womb, having had a miscarriage in her twenties. The two have been married for 13 years.
Then we come to March 20th 1999. The girl is about to go into labor. Her family rushes her to the hospital. They take her to the operating room. In comes the C-section. And out from there, they pull out a beautiful healthy young baby. The girl nurses him for two days. Then come the adoptive parents. As she gives them the child, I can imagine tears coming from her eyes and a pained expression on her face, but also a sense of relief in knowing that the child will be taken care of by a mother and a father, something that she can unfortunately not provide. She continues to grow into a fine young woman, and finally heads to college at the age of 35 to eventually become an English instructor at the Scottsbluff High School.
But what of the child? What happens to him? He grows up with his adoptive mother and father. He has a fascination with music and learns to play the piano, and then eventually drums and miscellaneous percussion. He builds an ambition to be an actor when he's a kindergartener. He has a fascination with going fast over time. When he's in high school, he gets an opportunity to perform on stage for his freshman, junior, and Senior years. In his senior year, he sets a personal best for a 5K run at 20 and a half minutes. He graduates as salutatorian by one thousandth of a GPA point over his best friend. He heads to college, and after 2 years gets an associate degree in music education. He takes a year off to try and work, but ends up getting fired for three jobs almost consecutively over the summer during covid. He is able to find a new workplace filled with people who love and care for him, and while he works part-time, he pursues another associate's degree in theater and acting. He takes another year off working full-time at a tire shop as the cleaner. He then returns to college to learn the trade of automotive service, and graduates as a member of the class of 2024, certified by ASE for five of the seven courses he completed over the last year. Over the years, the child has developed relationships with family and friends. With some of his acting projects that he has, he is able to interact with so many professional actors and actresses who have been in the business for longer than he has. He has learned and grown so much. And all of this growth finally culminates in him finally meeting the woman who gave birth to him, 25 years removed since he was born.
Who is this child? His name is Joshua Boston. I am that child. And this is my origin story.
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